Immigration minister gets cold welcome in London

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2012

By Mila Petkovic For Metro London June 24 2012

http://metronews.ca/news/london/275326/immigration-minister-gets-cold-welcome-in-london/

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney caught cold shoulders Sunday from some Londoners opposed to changing immigration laws.

Kenney was at the London Convention Centre to accept an award for tolerance and diversity from the Jewish National Fund of Canada.

But those opposed to federal Bill C-31 and the now-approved omnibus budget bill, say Kenney represents anything but promoting diversity.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney besieged by critics during BC visit

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2012

By David P. Ball

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Federal-Politics/2012/06/27/jason-kenney-critics-visit/

By the time Jason Kenney began his speech yesterday morning in Surrey, the Citizenship and Immigration minister had been confronted at least four times during his short B.C. visit — lambasted by critics he retorted were “extremists” and “anarchists.”

Protesters in Surrey target Immigration Minister’s speech

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2012

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/protesters-in-surrey-target-immigration-ministers-speech/article4372762/?cmpid=rss1

Published Tuesday, Jun. 26 2012

Protesters clashed with police outside a Surrey, B.C., golf course where Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was speaking to a business group Tuesday.

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Government backs down on IFHP cuts, but for one refugee group only

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2012

By Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care

http://rabble.ca/news/2012/07/government-backs-down-ifhp-cuts-one-refugee-group-only
TORONTO-Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care is grateful that the Government has backed down on cuts to health coverage for one refugee group: Government Assisted Refugees. Doctors expect the same coverage for all other refugee groups.

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Slight reversal in federal refugee health cuts ‘too little too late,’ say doctors

Posted by admin on Jul 8th, 2012

by By David P. Ball

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Health/2012/07/03/IFHP-Cuts-Small-Reversal/
Doctors and health care workers across the country today said a slight reversal in cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) — only for refugees the government itself sponsored — is “too little and too late.”

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